sexta-feira, 4 de abril de 2008

Pelo amor de Deus...o que que eu quero saber de cocô de 14 mil anos com conscistência de biscoito????

Pesquisadores descobrem o cocô humano mais antigo das Américas
Excremento ancestral tem 14 mil anos e foi encontrado em caverna do Oregon (EUA).
Achado prova que tribos chegaram ao continente antes da chamada cultura Clovis.
Reinaldo José Lopes

Não é exatamente o legado que todo mundo gostaria de deixar para a posteridade, mas pelo menos é uma prova indiscutível de que seres humanos o produziram. Estamos falando de fezes com cerca de 14 mil anos de idade, produzidas -- sabe-se lá em que circunstâncias -- por alguns dos primeiros caçadores-coletores a colonizar o continente americano. O achado prova, além de qualquer sombra de dúvida, que os mais antigos moradores das Américas chegaram aqui antes da chamada cultura Clovis, por muito tempo considerada a mais antiga do continente.



A descoberta -- escatológica, mas um bocado importante -- será publicada numa edição futura da revista "Science", mais importante publicação científica dos Estados Unidos. Os pesquisadores, liderados por Tom Gilbert, da Universidade de Copenhague (Dinamarca), não só conseguiram estabelecer a data dos excrementos como extraíram DNA deles. O resultado do teste genético revelou a presença de DNA típico dos indígenas modernos -- aparentemente, seus ancestrais já andavam naquela época pelo Oregon, no noroeste dos EUA.



Caverna especial
A pesquisa de Gilbert e companhia se beneficiou das condições extremamente favoráveis nas cavernas onde os coprólitos -- nome dado às fezes fósseis -- foram encontrados. Por serem extremamente secos, os sedimentos dessas cavernas ajudam na preservação de quaisquer restos antigos. Daí a sorte de conterem 14 coprólitos os quais, pelo tamanho, forma, cor e composição química, pareciam ser de origem humana.



"Na verdade, eles são bem diferentes de fezes frescas -- lembram mais fezes muito ressecadas. Têm o mesmo formato, mas são muito quebradiças, quase com uma textura de biscoito. Mas não estão fossilizadas como acontece com dinossauros -- a parte orgânica não foi substituída por minerais", conta Gilbert, que é britânico, embora trabalhe na Dinamarca. As datas obtidas com o método do carbono-14, o mais usado em material orgânico relativamente recente, ficaram em torno de 14 mil anos do nosso calendário.



O problema é que a escavação da caverna não foi feita usando técnicas estéreis -- ou seja, as fezes poderiam muito bem ser contaminadas com DNA dos pesquisadores. Para contornar o problema, todo mundo que chegou perto do sítio arqueológico foi testado. E o resultado é que ninguém poderia ter sido a fonte do DNA indígena -- ao que tudo indica, ele pertence mesmo aos "donos" originais dos cocôs.



Mais antigo
Brincadeiras à parte, os testes fazem das evacuações a mais antiga evidência direta da presença humana na América. O sítio de Oregon só não é mais velho do que o de Monte Verde, no Chile, com uns 14.500 anos -- as datas lá são consideradas válidas pela maioria dos especialistas, diz Gilbert, mas são indiretas, vindo de material orgânico modificado por humanos, como o carvão de fogueiras.



Espera-se que os cocôs ancestrais sejam o último prego no caixão do chamado modelo Clovis. Batizado em homenagem ao sítio de mesmo nome no Novo México, trata-se da idéia de que os humanos teriam chegado à América apenas uns 13 mil anos atrás. A descoberta de Monte Verde já tinha feito essa idéia balançar um bocado, mas alguns arqueólogos dos EUA ainda se agarram a ela.



"Acho que a principal razão para esse conservadorismo é que as evidências contra o modelo Clovis não são tão sólidas quanto muita gente acha. E também vale lembrar que muitas evidências acabam dando apoio a Clovis -- por exemplo, quando a cultura Clovis surge, aparecem sítios arqueológicos na América do Norte toda, enquanto antes quase não há nada. E, finalmente, se alguém passou a carreira tentando provar Clovis, não vai querer mudar de opinião muito rápido", conclui Gilbert.

sexta-feira, 28 de março de 2008

Neto de Zico já é rubro-negro (globo.com)


Logo no segundo dia de vida, Felipe, filho de Bruno e Danúbia - e neto de Zico -, recebeu de presente uma cesta com produtos infantis do Flamengo oferecida pelo presidente do clube, Marcio Braga. Felipe ainda é pequeno para as roupas, mas a chupeta rubro-negra ele já está usando. Zico segue na Turquia comandando o Fenerbahçe e não pôde acompanhar o nascimento de seu primeiro neto, na última terça-feira.

quinta-feira, 20 de março de 2008

Páscoa chegando...mais uma data sem a tua presença...
Lembro que sempre deixava um ovo do lado da cama...pra qd acordarmos ver o que o coelhinho trouxe!
E mesmo qd nao tinha...ainda sim, era um momento especial...
Não sabe como faz falta carinha...como deixou um vazio dentro do nosso peito.
Espero que esteja bem e próximo de nós!
Te amo pai...vc é minha luz! = )

The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl e Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

Oh Girl
The Chi-Lites

Oh, girl
I'd be in trouble if you left me now
'Cause I don't know where to look for love
I just don't know how

Oh, girl
How I depend on you
To give me love when I need it
Right on time you would always be

All my friends call me a fool
They say, "let the woman take care of you"
So I try to be hip and think like the crowd
But even the crowd can't help me now, oh-oh-oh

Oh, girl
Tell me, what am I gonna do
I know I got a guilty face
Girl, I feel so out of place, oh yeah

don't know where to go, who to see, yeah)

Oh, girl
I guess I better go
I can save myself a lot of useless tears
Girl I've gotta get away from here

Oh, girl
Pain will double if you leave me now
'Cause I don't know where to look for love
And I don't, I don't know how

Oh, girl, why do I love you so... yeah...
Better be on my way, I can't stay
Have you ever seen such a helpless man)

The Sound Of Silence
Simon & Garfunkel
Composição: Paul Simon

Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence.

"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed
In the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls."
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.

Eagle - Hotel California

Hotel California
Eagles
Composição: Don Henley/Glenn Frey/Don Felder

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
'This could be Heaven or this could be Hell'
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year, you can find us here

Her mind is tiffany-twisted, she got the mercedes-benz
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the captain,
'Please bring me my wine'
He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here since 1969'
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
The stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
'Relax,' said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can check out any time you like,
But you can never leave!
Bring Me To Life
Evanescence
Composição: Amy Lee / Ben Moody / David Hodges

How can you see into my eyes like open doors
Leading you down into my core
Where I've become so numb without a soul
My spirit sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home.

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become.

Now that I know what I'm without
You can't just leave me
Breathe into me and make me real
Bring me to life

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark.
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run.
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone.
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become

Bring me to life.
I've been living a lie / There's nothing inside.
Bring me to life.

Frozen inside without your touch,
without your love, darling.
Only you are the life among the dead.

All of this time
I can't believe I couldn't see
Kept in the dark
but you were there in front of me
I've been sleeping a 1000 years it seems.
got to open my eyes to everything.
Without a thought
Without a voice
Without a soul
Don't let me die here there must be something more
Bring me to life

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become.

Bring me to life.
I've been living a lie
There's nothing inside.
Bring me to life...


Lithium
Evanescence
Composição: Amy Lee

Lithium- don't want to lock me up inside
lithium- don't want to forget how it feels without
lithium- I want to stay in love with my sorrow
oh but God I want to let it go

Come to bed, don't make me sleep alone
couldn't hide the emptiness you let it show
never wanted it to be so cold
just didn't drink enough to say you love me

I can't hold on to me
wonder what's wrong with me

Lithium- don't want to lock me up inside
lithium- don't want to forget how it feels without
lithium- I want to stay in love with my sorrow

Don't want to let it lay me down this time
drown my will to fly
here in the darkness I know myself
can't break free until I let it go
let me go

Darling, I forgive you after all
anything is better than to be alone
and in the end I guess I had to fall
always find my place among the ashes

I can't hold on to me
wonder what's wrong with me

Lithium- don't want to lock me up inside
lithium- don't want forget how it feels without
lithium- stay in love you
Oh I'm gonna let it go

Sara Mclachlan e Sarah Brightman

Angel
Sarah Mclachlan
Composição: Sarah McLachlan

Spend all your time waiting
For that second chance
For a break that would make it okay
There's always some reason
To feel not good enough
And it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
Oh beautiful release
Memories seep from my veins
Let me be empty
Oh and weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight

In the arms of the angel
Fly away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you feel
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You're in the arms of the angel
Maybe you find some comfort here

So tired of the straight line
And everywhere you turn
There's vultures and thieves at your back
And the storm keeps on twisting
You keep on building the lies
That you make up for all that you lack
It don't make no difference
Escaping one last time
It's easier to believe in this sweet madness oh
This glorious sadness that brings me to my knees

In the arms of the angel
Fly away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you feel
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You're in the arms of the angel
Maybe you find some comfort here
You're in the arms of the angel
Maybe you find some comfort here


Dust In The Wind
Sarah Brightman
Composição: Kerry Livgren

I close my eyes, only for a moment and the moment's gone.
All my dreams pass before my eyes in curiosity.
Dust in the wind.
All they are is dust in the wind.
Same old song.
Just a drop of water in an endless sea.
All we do crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see.
Dust in the wind.
All we are is dust in the wind.

Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky.
It slips away and all your money won't another minute buy.
Dust in the wind.
All we are is dust in the wind.
Dust in the wind.
Everything is dust in the wind.